St Thomas' Anglican Church, North Sydney is a large Anglican church in Sydney's North Shore. It is located at the corner of Church and McLaren streets, close to the North Sydney central business district. The church is listed on the local government heritage register[1] and is listed on the (now defunct) Register of the National Estate.[2]
The first church called St Thomas' on the site, then named St Leonard's, was designed by Conrad Martens and opened in 1846. Martens personally carved the font, which is still in use. In the later years of the first Rector's time at St Thomas', the Anglican architect Edmund Blacket was recommended to design a larger church; it opened in 1884 in the Victorian Academic Gothic style.[1]
The graveyard holds the remains of many famous colonialists, including Edward Wollstonecraft.[3]
Rectors include George Charles Bode ??–1880; Stephen Henry Childe 1880–1913;[6]Horace Crotty 1913–1919; Harold Napier Baker 1919–1945; William John Siddens 1945–1970
Service timesedit
There are three Sunday services at St Thomas'. There is a service at 8:00am (traditional), 10:00am (family service) and 5:00pm (informal).
Church by the Bridgeedit
Church by the Bridge is a church plant of St Thomas', North Sydney. It is located in Broughton Street, Kirribilli, and offers a contemporary, Bible-based service which meets at 8am, 9.30am, 5:00pm and 6:45pm each Sunday and 5:30pm each Saturday evening, followed by supper.
^The Heritage of Australia, Macmillan Company (1981), p.2/48
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^"Founders of St Thomas Church". Monument Australia. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
^"THE CHURCHES". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 31, 394. New South Wales, Australia. 15 August 1938. p. 7. Retrieved 4 October 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Obituary". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 28, 201. New South Wales, Australia. 24 May 1928. p. 4. Retrieved 28 July 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
External linksedit
Media related to St Thomas' Anglican Church, North Sydney at Wikimedia Commons
St Thomas' Anglican Church website
Church by the Bridge website
May 11, 2024
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